广东蛇葡萄 guang dong she pu tao

Cissus cantoniensis Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy. 175. 1833; Ampelopsis leeoides (Maximowicz) Planchon; Leea theifera H. Léveillé; Vitis cantoniensis (Hooker & Arnott) Seemann; V. leeoides Maximowicz (1874), not J. H. Veitch (1904); V. multijugata H. Léveillé & Vaniot.

Branchlets terete, with longitudinal ridges, ± pubescent when young; tendrils bifurcate. Leaves bipinnate, or pinnate on upper branches, basal pinnae of bipinnate leaves usually 3-foliolate; petiole 2-8 cm; central petiolule 1-3 cm, lateral petiolules absent to 2.5 cm, sparsely pubescent when young, then glabrescent; leaflets ovate, ovate-elliptic, or oblong, 3-11 × 1.5-6 cm, abaxially sparsely pubescent on veins, then glabrescent, lateral veins 4-7 pairs, veinlets conspicuous but not raised, base truncate, apex acute, acuminate, or cuspidate. Inflorescence corymbose, terminal or leaf-opposed; rachis pubescent; peduncle 2-4 cm, ± sparsely pubescent. Pedicel 1-3 mm, nearly glabrous. Buds oval, 2-3 mm, apex rounded. Calyx glabrous. Petals ovate-elliptic, 1.7-2.7 mm, glabrous. Anthers ovoid-elliptic. Lower part of ovary adnate to disk. Berry globose, 6-8 mm in diam., 2-4-seeded. Seeds obovoid, chalazal knot elliptic, raphe raised, surface with ribs, ventral holes inconspicuous and retuse. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. Aug-Nov.

Forests or shrublands in valleys; 100-900 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam].

The leaflets vary greatly in size and shape, even on the same individual.

The intended new combination"Ampelopsis cantoniensis var. lecoides" [sic] (F. Y. Lu, Fl. Taiwan 3: 667. 1977) was not validly published because no full and direct reference was given to the author and place of valid publication of the basionym, Vitis leeoides Maximowicz (Vienna Code, Art. 33.4).